T E XAS STAT E
2 0 1 5 B O B C AT V O L L E Y B A L L 6th Winningest Active DI Coach | 8 Regular Season Conference Championships | 9 Conference Tournament Championships
MATCHES 21, 22: THURSDAY - 6:30 P.M. | SATURDAY - 6 P.M.
2015 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT
(11-9, 6-1 SBC)
8/28 TCU1 8/29 Arizona1 (13-7, 4-4 SBC) AND (17-1, 8-0 SBC) SMU1 2 ARLINGTON, TEXAS - COLLEGE PARK CENTER | JONESBORO, ARK. - CONVOCATION CENTER 9/3 UTSA 9/4 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M2 LAMAR2 9/5 INDIANA2 TEXAS STATE BOBCATS (11-9, 6-1 SBC) 9/8 OREGON Head Coach Karen Chisum (Texas State ‘72) | 36th Season (813-518-3) 9/11 South Dakota State3 Streak L1 Northern Illinois3 9/12 Wichita State3 UT ARLINGTON MAVERICKS (13-7, 4-4 SBC) 9/15 Sam Houston State 9/18 * GEORGIA STATE Head Coach Diane Seymour (UT Arlington ‘89) | 13th Season (188-176) 9/20 * UL LAFAYETTE Streak L2 9/24 * Georgia State 9/26 * Appalachian State ARKANSAS STATE RED WOLVES (17-1, 8-0 SBC) 10/1 * LITTLE ROCK 10/3 * GEORGIA SOUTHERN Head Coach David Rehr (South Florida ‘97) | 5th Season (58-44) 10/6 * UT ARLINGTON Streak W13 10/9 Baylor 10/15 * UT ARLINGTON 10/17 * ARKANSAS STATE BROADCAST & SOCIAL MEDIA 10/22 * Troy LIVE VIDEO: utamavs.com / astateredwolves.com /TexasStateVball 10/24 * South Alabama LIVE STATS: utarlington.statbroadcast.com / astate.statbroadcast.com 10/30 * UL MONROE LIVE AUDIO: utamavs.com / astateredwolves.com @TexasStateVball 10/31 * TROY 11/5 * UL Monroe BOBCAT BITS 11/7 * UL Lafayette CONNECTIONS 11/13 * SOUTH ALABAMA Head Coach Karen Chisum and UT Arlington Head Coach Diane Seymour have known each other a long 11/20-22 SBC Championship Tournament
UT ARLINGTON
ARKANSAS STATE
time, dating back to the mid 1980s. Chisum actuatlly recruited Seymour coming out of high school in hopes to get her to play at Texas State. Seymour, however, chose UT Arlington and is back again as a head coach in her 12th season.
In addition to Chisum and Seymour, these teams share another connection: San Angelo Central High School. Jordan Kohl joined the Bobcats out of Central High last seaosn, and this year she was joined by longtime friend Ally Standard. Meanwhile, UTA has a freshman from Central as well in Mikail Russell, a 5-foot-7 defensive specialist.
TIME/RESULT
L, 3-0 L, 3-0 L, 3-0 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 3-2 L, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 3-1 L, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-2 L, 3-0 6:30 P.M. 6 P.M. 6 p.m. 12 p.m. 6:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 P.M. TBA
All Times Central Standard and subject to change | HOME GAMES | * SBC 1 SMU/TCU Crosstown Challenge (Fort Worth/Dallas, Texas) 2 Delta Zeta Classic (San Marcos, Texas) 3 Shocker Volleyball Classic (Wichita, Kansas)
LYLES MAKES HER RETURN
Junior defensive specialist Brenna Lyles made her first appearance of the season against Baylor on Oct. 9. After playing in 82 sets and 27 matches last season with 213 digs and 10 service aces, Lyles received her first opportunity against Baylor, taking over at libero in the third set. In a single set, the junior from Wimberley tallied six digs to make it a strong comeback for her.
CAREER HIGHS VS. UT ARLINGTON
A number of Bobcats achieved career highs in the last meeting against UT Arlington. The five-setter allowed for both Jordan Kohl and Kelsey Weynand to set bests in kills with 24 and 22 respectively. Meanwhile, setter Erin Hoppe gave out a career-high 62 assists while Alex Silver finished with her best, 24 digs.
SMITH NAMED SBC DEFENSIVE STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Senior libero Sierra Smith has been on a rampage on the back line for the Bobcats this season, and was recognized for it Oct. 5. After averaging 6.50 digs per set in a four-set match against Little Rock to help the Bobcats bust a 26-match conference winning streak for the Trojans, Smith finished the week averaging 6.29 digs per set with 44 digs to earn the first conference honor of the season for the Bobcats. She has double-digit digs in 12 of 18 matches so far this season with a high of 31 digs at UTSA. Before her best week, Smith tallied 23 digs each in back-to-back sweeps for the Bobcats against Georgia State and Appalachian State, which is an average of 7.67 digs per set. She owns the Texas State record for most digs in a season and for most digs in a match and is the leading digger in the Texas State career record book. WWW.TXSTATEBOBCATS.COM
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